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No more taboo: colorectal cancer is now accounting for around one in six cancer diagnoses in men and one in seven in women in Singapore. No longer viewed as just a “senior’s disease” with a concerning rise of new cases in young adults, trading stigma for early detection could make all the difference.

“He had experienced tiredness, but he brushed that off as just having a toddler while working a corporate job. There were no other symptoms until much further down the line. It wasn’t until he was experiencing consistent pain after going to the bathroom that he felt like something was amiss,” states Catherine Kean, board member of the Lachlan Kean Foundation. After two surgeries, eight rounds of chemotherapy and four radiation sessions, Lachlan Kean passed away from stage three colorectal cancer at just 37 years old.

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